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  • 18-10-2010 5:51pm
    #1
    decisions
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    my dell inspiron 1525 (vista) wont start up. When i turn it onn all i get is a black screen with _ flashing in the top left hand corner.

    How do I fix this???


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  • #2
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    When you power up the machine, do you see any screen that has "Dell" on it?

    Try booting up the machine again and tapping the F8 key. Does that bring you to a screen enabling you to boot in to Safe Mode? (Should be a list of options).


  • #3
    decisions
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    yes it flashes up but when i tap f8 nothing happens


  • #4
    decisions
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    just ran diagnostics and hard drive failed


  • #5
    decisions
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    should i try boot it using the vista cd??


  • #6
    decisions
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    tried booting using cd and this came up:
    Press any key to boot from CD or DVD....._
    so I press a key and nothing happens???:confused:


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  • #7
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    No point if the hard drive is failing. If you're comfortable doing so you could take the hard drive out and hook it up as a slave to another pc (or external usb) to get any data from it that you'd need.

    If the machine is still under warranty give Dell a shout.
    This applies to the following:

    * Dimension
    * Inspiron
    * Studio
    * Monitors
    * TVs
    * Printers
    * Accessories

    Call:
    1850 543543 8am - 8pm Monday - Friday


  • #8
    BopNiblets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,579 ✭✭✭BopNiblets


    Yah, see if you can salvage anything off the HD, I'd say download a linux LiveCD and try to mount the HD inside it if it's not b0rked, then you can backup stuff to an external drive.

    http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php


  • #9
    Fresz19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭Fresz19


    I had that problem at work and all we did it was send it back to DELL cause is just wast of time sitting at and trying to reslove it.


  • #10
    here.from.day.1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭here.from.day.1


    HDD failures seem to be overly common on the last generation of Inspirons. As the others said you can try an external USB enclosure and connect it to a PC to try recover data. After that you should contact Dell, they should send you out a new one quite quickly for you to install. Its handy enough, they dont ask you for the laptop back or anything. :)


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